Warm Winter

There are now thirteen fixed tables in New York City, in nine parks, including two that are parked in a garage awaiting a fork lift and crew to install them shortly before their offiicial opening, and two Joola tables that Susan Sarandon donated to Bryant Park in 2009. 

With the warm winter, people are out there playing. 

People are starting to talk of a city-wide outdoor tournament. 

Dr. Pong in Berlin

Dr. Pong in Berlin, Germany, founded by American Oliver Miller, is one of the birthplaces of a recent trend of ping pong tables in hip bars. The concept transplanted under different management to Sydney (now closed)  and San Francisco (American Tripps).